Phil Giubileo
Phil Giubileo is an American professional sports broadcaster.[1] Giubileo grew up in the Bronx, New York and attended Fordham University,[1] where he graduated with a B.S. in Management Sciences.
Giubileo is a play-by-play broadcaster that is currently in his second season as the lead play-by-play announcer for the Connecticut Whale in the NWHL, where he also handled the call of the inaugural Isobel Cup Finals between the Buffalo Beauts and the Boston Pride.
Prior to his work with the NWHL, Giubileo was the main broadcaster for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (AHL) from 2006-2015. The Sound Tigers are the top minor league affiliate of the New York Islanders (NHL). He also served as the host for AHL Live's Around The AHL, a review of the previous week's action, and was a voiceover talent for the NHL's Arena Highlights program for several years. Giubileo also was featured on occasion as a reporter on NY Islanders telecasts on MSG Plus, where he featured players from the Sound Tigers.
Giubileo was the play-by-play announcer for AHL Live's global broadband webcast of the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic, which was played at DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. He also anchored the live coverage of the 2009 AHL Hall-of Fame Induction ceremony. He was joined on the broadcast by Owen Newkirk, who is the current radio host for the Dallas Stars. He also served as the play-by-play announcer for the opening round of the 2009-2012 Women's Big East Basketball Championship, which was broadcast exclusively online at bigeast.tv
Previously Giubileo broadcast hockey for the now defunct Danbury Trashers (UHL) and St. Louis Heartland Eagles (USHL) and baseball for the River City Rascals (Frontier League).
Giubileo started his career while in college at WFUV, a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate licensed to Fordham University. He began as a staff member in 1991 and progressed to the title of Sports Director from 1993 to 1995. While at WFUV, Giubileo was one of the hosts of One on One, which is New York City's longest-running sports call-in show, and handled play-by-play for Fordham Basketball, Football, and Baseball.
For three years Giubileo studied play-by-play under legendary sportscaster Marty Glickman.
Following his career at WFUV, Giubileo served as a studio producer for WABC Radio, working on various sports and talk programming including New Jersey Devils (NHL) hockey and New York Yankees (MLB) baseball broadcasts. Giubileo also worked for talk show hosts Sean Hannity, Curtis Sliwa, and Lynn Samuels.
In 2004, Giubileo broadcast the Frontier League All-Star Game for Fox Sports Networks. In 2008 he served as the voice over talent for several episodes of the documentary series Day In The Life, which was televised on NHL Network.
References
- 1 2 "A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME". playbyplay.biz. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
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